You have to love people who are not afraid to go out on a limb and make predictions as to what players you should start or sit. Especially when they are forced to stay away from the obvious.

At Fantasy Sports Group our goal is to provide you with information you can use! Anyone can tell you to start Peyton Manning or LaDainian Tomlinson. It doesn’t take a genius, or even a modicum of courage, to tell you to sit a player like Jason Taylor who had — at best — a 50/50 shot of playing last week.

We look at each position’s top 10 and make the hard calls as to who should sit or start. And we go even deeper when predicting starters at RB, WR, DL, LB or DB. Why? Because in almost every league you are in, the 20th ranked RB is still a starter. So we make our analysts dig deeper.

But going out on a limb is easy if you are not held to account for outrageous predictions. That is why we score all of our picks. And then report those scores back to you. This column will be used to bring out the best, and worst, predictions of the preceding week.

It will also list the coming week’s Booms & Busts!

Finally, it will track the cumulative scores of each of your host’s picks and those of our guests.

Week One
Our week one guest was Jimmy Vanderpool, aka cincy_keepers on the Blog Talk Radio chat rooms. Jimmy is from Cincinnati and serves as a commissioner in two of his nine fantasy leagues.

Heading up the week was Greg who came in with 39 points. His best Bust prediction was Chris Cooley who was all but invisible in the Giants thrashing of the Redskins, but he was totally whacked by Drew Brees who finished second amongst quarterbacks. His best Boom pick was Michael Turner who finished first overall amongst running backs. He messed up by saying Walt Harris would benefit from a pass happy opponent this weekend.

Greg was followed by Cliff with 30 points, Jimmy with 29 and JC with 25. Better luck next week Mr. Carson!

By finishing third in the rankings, our guests are on target for one trophy. Not a bad start but things can always get better for our guests! Thanks for playing Jimmy and right now, you are our top guest point getter. Though that could be because as of right now you are our only guest prognosticator. But here’s hoping your score holds up and you get to hoist a Fantasy Sports Group Prognosticator of the year trophy come season’s end.

Week Two
Our Week Two prognosticator is Paul Greco. Paul carries many titles in the sports industry world. For one, he is part owner of Gotham Sports Media, LLC which covers the Mets and Yankees and distributes a quarterly magazine covering the past, present and future of the New York game. Paul is also RotoHog.com’s Fantasy Sports Expert where he covers the RotoHog game as well as provides weekly articles on Fantasy Baseball and Fantasy Football. Finally, what Paul might be best know for is his work at MelnickandGrecoFantasySports.com where he and Lenny Melnick provide 24/7 Fantasy Sports Support.

He is featured on Talking Baseball Live every Wednesday night at 8pm ET and Fantasy Gridion Live every Sunday morning from 10-11am ET on Blog Talk Radio’s Fantasy Sports Channel!

One thing Paul didn’t ask me to mention is that he is in Major League Baseball’s Rookie Reporter Showdown — you can vote for Paul at this link.

Summation
The contest is off to a strong start with 69% (25 of 36) of the Bust recommendations earning points. Not so good were our Boom picks where only 31% (11 of 36) earned points. You need to listen LIVE every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 9:00 pm ET to be among the first to hear these predictions! If you miss the live show, you can still click on the link and listen to the archive. And if you like the show — leave a comment and a rating to let us know.

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